What do you think they are talking about when they say they are “believers”?
PURPOSE: To help listeners recognize the power of a biblical idea.
Does it disturb you that many people who say they are born-again Christians appear to know almost nothing about the Christian faith?
Read More »What do you think they are talking about when they say they are “believers”?
PURPOSE: To help listeners recognize the power of a biblical idea.
Does it disturb you that many people who say they are born-again Christians appear to know almost nothing about the Christian faith?
Read More »IDEA: The Ten Commandments by themselves cannot transform us.
PURPOSE: To help listeners see how they need both God’s Word and God’s Spirit to live a vital spiritual life.
Years ago a young man in a Sunday school class in Dallas had memorized long passages of the Scripture. He was quite impressive. The young man was arrested for breaking and entering a store. He assaulted the owner and stole the money in the cash register. Would you conclude from this that memorizing the Bible doesn’t do you any good?
Read More »Years ago a young man in a Sunday school class in Dallas had memorized long passages of the Scripture. He was quite impressive. The young man was arrested for
PURPOSE: To help listeners see how they need both God’s Word and God’s Spirit to live a vital spiritual life.
Years ago a young man in a Sunday school class in Dallas had memorized long passages of the Scripture. He was quite impressive. The young man was arrested for breaking and entering a store. He assaulted the owner and stole the money in the cash register. Would you conclude from this that memorizing the Bible doesn’t do you any good?
Read More »Have you ever noticed how the first and last things you do can have great importance?
When comedians plan a routine, they have to think about how they’ll start and how they’ll end.
PURPOSE: To help listeners see how the arrangement of the commandments tells us something of the significance of the commandments.
Have you ever noticed how the first and last things you do can have great importance?
Read More »A thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; it’s in the Bible because it’s true. Would you agree with that?
PURPOSE: To help listeners understand why they struggle to believe what seem to be clear statements in the Bible.
A thing is not true because it’s in the Bible; it’s in the Bible because it’s true. Would you agree with that?
Read More »Do you think there were things once considered sinful that are not considered sinful today? An interesting conversation about eliminating sin from our culture.
Read More »IDEA: Perceptive thinkers have understood the dangers of covetousness, but they have not agreed on how to avoid the danger.
PURPOSE: To help listeners realize that Christianity is not different from other philosophies in recognizing the danger of covetousness, but it does differ from other religions in the cure for that sickness.
It’s important to recognize that Christianity doesn’t necessarily differ from other religions in pointing out spiritual sickness. It differs in the cure for that sickness.
Read More »Would you agree or disagree with the observation that this is a fairly simple, straightforward command, like “You shall not steal” or “You shall not murder”?
PURPOSE: To help listeners explore some of the difficulties that arise from reading the text.
Would you agree or disagree with the observation that this is a fairly simple, straightforward command, like “You shall not steal” or “You shall not murder”?
Read More »Has it ever struck you that in singing our Christmas carols, we get no carols based on what Mark wrote? Why is that?
Why did Mark choose not to tell us anything about Jesus’ birth?
PURPOSE: To help listeners understand why Mark doesn’t focus on Jesus’ birth.
Has it ever struck you that in singing our Christmas carols, we get no carols based on what Mark wrote? Why is that?
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